Phishing scams Archives - My Haliburton Now https://www.myhaliburtonnow.com/tag/phishing-scams/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:57:55 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Don’t Get Caught By The Phishing Net Scam https://www.myhaliburtonnow.com/11511/news/dont-get-caught-phishing-net-scam/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 10:29:17 +0000 http://www.myhaliburtonnow.com/?p=11511

Criminals use phishing nets to steal personal information and identities according to members of the Haliburton Highlands OPP.

Constable Josee Sabourin says a phishing scams is when a fraudster sends an email pretending to be from a business.

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Sabourin says the email looks legitimate but it’s not.

She says banks would never ask for information over the internet.

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